Blackwater Falls!

[Flying Panda]

Water level was up, the sky was a deep overcast, the weather was snowy and blustery!

JT

 

[Original katomi]

Looking at that I would guess you had a high shutter speed apx 1/250?
Looks cold. Love the rust colour, is that something it’s washed away from the bank/river bed

 

[Flying Panda]

Looking at that I would guess you had a high shutter speed apx 1/250?
Looks cold. Love the rust colour, is that something it’s washed away from the bank/river bed

1/160 sec
ISO 160
55mm focal length
-1.3 exp comp
F/5

Yes - actually the water color comes from the surrounding region's many tributaries feeding ground water into Blackwater River. That region is heavily populated mostly with hemlock trees. Here is a link about the state park where the falls is located. Somewhere in its literature it will describe how the water gets its color.
Blackwater Falls State Park - West Virginia State Parks

 

[Original katomi]

I used the link, whilst it’s a personal preference I like your image better than the milky effect used on the web site.
The site did in fact say how the water got the colour, are you planning to do 1a month to show the changes over the year.

 

[Jeff G]

Nice, looks like it would have great sound to go with the scenery.

 

[Jeff15]

Good shot......

 

[K9Kirk]

Real nice shot. I thought that maybe the water was getting that brown color from people boycotting Star Bucks and pouring their coffee into the river. No such luck .....